TCMUG Thoughts

[Bob Basques]

Pericles S. Nacionales wrote:

> > David, Steve, Bob,
> >
> > Good ideas.  How about we meet next Tuesday...  17:00?  18:00?
> > Somewhere quiet but the beer flows.  Or if the beer doesn't have to
> > flow, we can meet here in the historic Green Hall.  ;)   Hopefully what
> > you guys wrote would interest enough other TCMuggers to come out and
> > join us.

I'm available then to meet/drink.  Although Beer is not a requirement
for me.  Just let me know when and where, I would prefer someplace
midway between St. Paul/Minneapolis Eastward.



bobb


> > -Perry
> >
> > Blammo wrote:
> >
>> >> I would like to meet as well.
>> >>
>> >> I've had a thought about the TCMUG group handling the redistribution
>> >> of the City Coding that we've done internally.  The best appraoch I
>> >> think  Steve's idea) would be to do a workshop of some sort to
>> >> dissect what we've done and guage interest from the Group.  Assuming
>> >> there is interest from the group in proceeding with it the code could
>> >> be added to and manged for public consumption by the TCMUG group.
>> >>
>> >> Either way I think we (The City) have some interesting new twists on
>> >> the client side of things.  Something such as this would fit in well
>> >> with some of the points made below as well.
>> >>
>> >> We still have some internal discussion going on about this as well.
>> >>
>> >> Just throwing the idea out there.
>> >>
>> >> bobb
>> >>
>> >> David Bitner wrote:
>> >>
>>> >>> My time is dwindling quickly this month.  If anyone else wants to plan
>>> >>> a meeting for this month, please speak up, otherwise we should
>>> >>> definitely plan on meeting next month.  If anyone would like to grab a
>>> >>> drink still this month, I'm game.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I did want to try to get some discussion about Users Groups going
>>> >>> before some of our folks head to Chicago to discuss the foundation.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Personally, I would love to see this users group evolve to a users
>>> >>> group for all foundation projects (possibly with sub groups for
>>> >>> individual projects).  I would like to see regional groups like this
>>> >>> become a recognized part of the foundation rather than an ad-hoc group
>>> >>> of users who get together.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Here are some of the roles that I could see the Users Group playing
>>> >>> for the foundation.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -- Point of contact for trying to bring presentations to regional
>>> >>> conferences (ie GIS/LIS)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -- Point of contact for speaking at schools etc.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -- Potentially organizing events for things such as GIS day
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -- Maintain registry of Regional Professional Services related to
>>> >>> Foundation projects (possibly with a participation/sponsorship
>>> >>> requirement)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What do other folks think about formalizing Users Groups?  Is this
>>> >>> something that we should lobby to include under the umbrella of the
>>> >>> foundation?  Are there other roles/responsibilities that you could see
>>> >>> a users group taking on?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thoughts?  Comments?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
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> >